Le Salaire de la peur
by Georges Arnaudliterary work· published 1949
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The Wages of Fear is a thriller novel by Georges Arnaud published in 1950 by Éditions Julliard. The original title is "Le Salaire de la peur". The novel was translated into several languages and sold over 2 million copies. The first UK edition was published by The Bodley Head in 1952 translated by Norman Dale. The first US edition was the hardcover published by Farrar, Straus and Young also in 1952. The novel is dedicated to the author's father.
Adaptations (1)
Le Salaire de la peur was adapted into a 1977 film.
Sorcerer1977 · film · 121 min · dir. William Friedkin · IMDb ↗Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.
